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The city is described as near the sea, in modern-era Gujarat; a painting of the city in the 19th century (lower). Dvārakā , also known as Dvāravatī ( Sanskrit द्वारका "the gated [city]", possibly meaning having many gates, or alternatively having one or several very grand gates), is a sacred historic city in the sacred ...
In the fifteenth century the Raja of Dwarka was a Vadhel named Bhim who also ruled the local Vagher pirates. Once a maulana named Mahmud Samarqandi was undergoing a sea voyage when storm caused his vessel to go towards the coast of Dwarka. There the ship was attacked by Vagher pirates who plundered the ship, kidnapped his women, and left Mahmud ...
Dwarka is mentioned in the copper inscription dated 574 CE of Simhaditya, the Maitraka dynasty minister of Vallabhi. He was the son of Varahdas, the king of Dwarka. The nearby Bet Dwarka island is a religious pilgrimage site and an important archaeological site of the Late Harappan period, with one thermoluminescence date of 1570 BCE. [17] [18]
Bet Dwarka (also spelled Beyt Dwarka) or Shankhodhar is an inhabited island at the mouth of the Gulf of Kutch, situated 2 km (1 mi) off the coast of the town of Okha, Gujarat, India, and 25 km (16 mi) north of the city of Dwarka. Northeast to southwest, the island measures 8 km (5 mi) long and averaging 2 km (1 mi) wide.
When Polish islands start offering up clues to a 10 th century city, Viking scholars get excited, knowing that the potentially-real-possibly-mythical city of Jomsborg could be part of the equation.
Location of Lincoln County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The Bloom Elementary School at 1627 Lucia Ave. in Louisville, Ky. on July 10, 2023. The district's second-oldest school is in Louisville's Tyler Park neighborhood along Lucia Avenue.
Location of Barren County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Barren County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Barren County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...